Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 720 488 564
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 10.68% 14.11% 10.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.69% 52.76% 41.53%
Number of salaries quoted 402 372 483
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £61,563 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £72,375 £74,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -5.51%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,449 925 1,358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 21.49% 26.74% 24.49%
Number of salaries quoted 893 674 1,101
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £78,375 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 24 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex +1 180 £40,000 - 42
Hertfordshire -1 178 £60,000 +9.09% 62
Cambridgeshire -3 147 £54,000 +35.00% 27
Suffolk +28 101 £45,000 -10.00% 11
Norfolk +2 86 £55,000 +48.65% 22
Bedfordshire -7 26 £37,500 -29.25% 24
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 92 (12.78%) SharePoint
2 42 (5.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.81%) WordPress
4 8 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (0.83%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.83%) CMS
6 3 (0.42%) SAS
7 2 (0.28%) Confluence
7 2 (0.28%) Luigi
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 70 (9.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (0.83%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.11%) Dynamics AX
1 8 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (1.11%) Dynamics GP
2 4 (0.56%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.28%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.28%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 170 (23.61%) Microsoft 365
2 125 (17.36%) Power Platform
3 118 (16.39%) Azure AI
4 100 (13.89%) Entra ID
5 84 (11.67%) AWS
6 77 (10.69%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (6.53%) OneDrive
8 37 (5.14%) PowerApps
9 33 (4.58%) Power Automate
10 32 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
11 31 (4.31%) Azure Data Factory
12 27 (3.75%) GitHub
13 21 (2.92%) GCP
14 20 (2.78%) SaaS
15 19 (2.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 17 (2.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 16 (2.22%) GitHub Copilot
18 15 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
18 15 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
19 13 (1.81%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 63 (8.75%) Firewall
2 43 (5.97%) DNS
3 40 (5.56%) VPN
4 29 (4.03%) DHCP
5 23 (3.19%) TCP/IP
6 16 (2.22%) WAN
7 14 (1.94%) Internet
8 13 (1.81%) Wireless
9 12 (1.67%) LAN
9 12 (1.67%) VoIP
10 10 (1.39%) VLAN
11 7 (0.97%) Broadband
11 7 (0.97%) MQTT
11 7 (0.97%) Network Security
12 5 (0.69%) WLAN
13 4 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
14 3 (0.42%) DMZ
14 3 (0.42%) SSL
15 2 (0.28%) L2TP
15 2 (0.28%) OpenVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (15.28%) Power BI
2 106 (14.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 67 (9.31%) Tableau
4 59 (8.19%) MongoDB
5 35 (4.86%) SQL Server
6 30 (4.17%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (1.53%) Data Lake
7 11 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.97%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (0.97%) MySQL
9 6 (0.83%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.83%) Looker
9 6 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
10 5 (0.69%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.42%) Metadata
12 3 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (2.22%) Git
2 12 (1.67%) JIRA
3 6 (0.83%) MLflow
4 5 (0.69%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.56%) Selenium
5 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.42%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.28%) git-flow
7 2 (0.28%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.28%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.14%) ERwin
8 1 (0.14%) JMeter
8 1 (0.14%) Postman
8 1 (0.14%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.14%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 367 (50.97%) Social Skills
2 83 (11.53%) Finance
3 30 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (2.78%) Law
4 20 (2.78%) Marketing
5 14 (1.94%) Legal
6 13 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (1.81%) Public Sector
7 10 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (1.25%) Retail
9 8 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (0.97%) Banking
10 7 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.83%) Advertising
11 6 (0.83%) Multimedia
12 4 (0.56%) Games
12 4 (0.56%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.56%) Music Industry
12 4 (0.56%) Telecoms
13 3 (0.42%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 167 (23.19%) Analyst
2 150 (20.83%) Developer
3 128 (17.78%) Junior
4 125 (17.36%) Junior Analyst
5 83 (11.53%) .NET Developer
6 82 (11.39%) IT Support
7 70 (9.72%) Senior
8 66 (9.17%) Security Analyst
9 62 (8.61%) Data Analyst
10 60 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
10 60 (8.33%) Ethical Hacker
10 60 (8.33%) Junior Data Analyst
10 60 (8.33%) Junior Security Analyst
11 42 (5.83%) IT Engineer
12 41 (5.69%) Support Engineer
13 35 (4.86%) Azure Engineer
14 33 (4.58%) Network Engineer
15 32 (4.44%) Graduate
16 31 (4.31%) Cloud Engineer
17 30 (4.17%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (15.97%) .NET
2 101 (14.03%) .NET Core
3 79 (10.97%) ASP.NET
4 78 (10.83%) ASP.NET Core
5 75 (10.42%) CSS
6 66 (9.17%) HTML
7 46 (6.39%) RESTful
8 39 (5.42%) React
9 33 (4.58%) Entity Framework
10 32 (4.44%) ML.NET
11 31 (4.31%) Node.js
12 29 (4.03%) Blazor
13 23 (3.19%) AngularJS
14 22 (3.06%) HTML5 Canvas
14 22 (3.06%) JSON
15 21 (2.92%) ASP.NET Web API
15 21 (2.92%) Vue
16 19 (2.64%) Microsoft Graph
16 19 (2.64%) SPFx
17 14 (1.94%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.33%) Cyberattack
2 34 (4.72%) Driving Licence
3 26 (3.61%) Cloud Native
4 23 (3.19%) Onboarding
5 18 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 16 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.53%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (0.97%) Clustering
10 7 (0.97%) Digital TV
10 7 (0.97%) iPhone
11 6 (0.83%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.83%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.69%) BBC
12 5 (0.69%) Legacy Code
12 5 (0.69%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.69%) Robotics
12 5 (0.69%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 127 (17.64%) Windows
2 74 (10.28%) Windows Server
3 18 (2.50%) Android
4 17 (2.36%) Linux
5 16 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (1.67%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.53%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.56%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.42%) VMS
10 3 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.14%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (28.19%) Cybersecurity
2 177 (24.58%) AI
3 129 (17.92%) Agile
4 117 (16.25%) Mentoring
5 113 (15.69%) Business Intelligence
6 105 (14.58%) DevOps
7 83 (11.53%) Full-Stack Development
8 81 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
9 72 (10.00%) CI/CD
10 65 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
11 62 (8.61%) Machine Learning
12 60 (8.33%) Ethical Hacking
13 41 (5.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 38 (5.28%) Computer Science
14 38 (5.28%) Roadmaps
15 37 (5.14%) ITIL
16 36 (5.00%) Multithreading
16 36 (5.00%) User Experience
17 35 (4.86%) Customer Service
17 35 (4.86%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 237 (32.92%) SQL
2 149 (20.69%) C#
3 133 (18.47%) Python
4 68 (9.44%) JavaScript
5 54 (7.50%) PowerShell
6 45 (6.25%) TypeScript
7 25 (3.47%) PHP
8 15 (2.08%) Java
9 13 (1.81%) C++
10 10 (1.39%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.69%) R
12 4 (0.56%) Bicep
13 3 (0.42%) Bash
13 3 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.42%) Ruby
13 3 (0.42%) Rust
14 2 (0.28%) Scala
15 1 (0.14%) Go
15 1 (0.14%) VB
Qualifications
1 251 (34.86%) Azure Certification
2 70 (9.72%) Degree
3 67 (9.31%) CompTIA Security+
4 61 (8.47%) CompTIA CySA+
5 60 (8.33%) CEH
6 42 (5.83%) Cisco Certification
7 37 (5.14%) CCNA
8 36 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 29 (4.03%) Security Cleared
10 28 (3.89%) Network+ Certification
11 26 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 20 (2.78%) SC Cleared
13 9 (1.25%) CCNP
14 7 (0.97%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.97%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.97%) DV Cleared
15 6 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
15 6 (0.83%) CISSP
16 5 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 3 (0.42%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (3.19%) QA
2 21 (2.92%) SLA
3 19 (2.64%) GDPR
4 14 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 13 (1.81%) NIST
6 12 (1.67%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.25%) GRC
8 8 (1.11%) Accessibility
9 7 (0.97%) NCSC
10 6 (0.83%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 5 (0.69%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
12 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.56%) JSP 440
12 4 (0.56%) NIST 800
12 4 (0.56%) PMO
13 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 2 (0.28%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.14%) IFRS
15 1 (0.14%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 120 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 34 (4.72%) Hyper-V
3 27 (3.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (3.33%) Docker
5 12 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.56%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.56%) vSphere
8 1 (0.14%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 49 (6.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (4.72%) Kubernetes
3 21 (2.92%) Terraform
4 8 (1.11%) Ansible
5 3 (0.42%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.42%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.28%) SCCM
6 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.28%) SolarWinds Orion
6 2 (0.28%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.14%) Nessus
7 1 (0.14%) SQL Sentry
Vendors
1 518 (71.94%) Microsoft
2 144 (20.00%) ForeScout
3 50 (6.94%) Cisco
4 32 (4.44%) VMware
5 27 (3.75%) Apple
6 19 (2.64%) Adobe
6 19 (2.64%) Google
7 15 (2.08%) Databricks
7 15 (2.08%) Meraki
8 11 (1.53%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.39%) Facebook
9 10 (1.39%) Fortinet
9 10 (1.39%) SolarWinds
9 10 (1.39%) Veeam
10 7 (0.97%) Epicor
10 7 (0.97%) Sophos
11 6 (0.83%) Cloudera
11 6 (0.83%) Dell
11 6 (0.83%) SonicWALL
12 5 (0.69%) Ubiquiti